1. By: Marissa Earl, Marcelo Ortiz, Abby Rinere, and Natasha Dennison NATIONALISM

3. LATIN AMERICAN FREEDOM Spanish king Ferdinand VII overthrown by Napoleon Napoleon put his brother Joseph Bonaparte on throne to rule Spain and its colonies Latin American countries, formally under control of Spain, wanted freedom Venezuela first to gain freedom

4. LATIN AMERICAN FREEDOM Simon Bolivar b. 1783, d. 1830 – Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru Francisco de Miranda – Venezuela Jose Antonio Paez - Venezuela Antonio Jose de Sucre – Ecuador, Peru Gran Columbia Simon Bolivar

5. UNIFICATION OF GERMANY German National Assembly- 1848 Danish War- 1863 Austro-Prussian War- 1866 Franco-Prussian War- 1870 Official Unification in 1871 Otto von Bismarck

6. MEXICAN REVOLUTION Mexicans revolted after decades of the hacienda system and dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz Porfirio Diaz overthrown from power and political unrest began Civil war and revolts spread throughout Mexico The war ended once Emiliano Zapata was assassinated by Carranza Obregon overthrew Carranza and sought reform Mexican soldiers during the civil war

7. MEXICAN REVOLUTION EFFECTS Hacienda System ended; the land was divided up and distributed to Indian communities and peasants Many Mexicans crossed over the border to the United States to escape the fighting in the civil war Civil war ended with Obregon in power Economy revised to support the growing middle class Businesses became focused on banking and manufacturing New constitution Went from dictatorship to democracy

8. INDEPENDENCE OF GHANA 1902- Ghana becomes a Britain colony Kwame Nkrumah led boycotts and strikes 1954- Nkrumah becomes president and prime minister of Ghana March 6, 1957, Ghana became independent 1960- Ghana becomes a republic Kwame Nkrumah

9. INDEPENDENCE OF KENYA 1919- Britain claims Kenya as a colony Gave land to white war veterans 1952- Mau Mau Rebellion October 1952- 7-year state of emergency December 12, 1963- Kenya became independent 1964- Kenya became a republic Jomo Kenyatta became first prime minster and later president of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta

10. WAOI FACTS German Unification Day celebrates the anniversary of German Unification; Oktober Fest has been moved to occur around the same time as this day. Ghana was the first country in Africa to gain independence Porofirio Diaz served a term as dictator for 34 years